Editing Tim Reid (section)

{{short description|American actor and film director (born 1944)}}
{{other people}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tim Reid
| image              = Tim Reid at USDA Black History Month celebration.jpg
| caption            = Reid in 2012
| birth_name         = Timothy Lee Reid Sr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|12|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Norfolk, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| known_for          = {{hlist|''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''|''[[Simon & Simon]]''|''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]''|''[[That '70s Show]]''}}
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Actor
* comedian
* director}}
| years_active       = 1968–present
| spouse             = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|Rita Sykes |1966|May 9, 1980|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|[[Daphne Maxwell Reid]] |December 4, 1982}}
  }}
| alma_mater         = [[Norfolk State University]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]])
| children           = 2
}}
'''Timothy Lee Reid Sr.''' (born December 19, 1944) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in [[prime time]] American [[television program]]s, such as [[Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati)|Venus Flytrap]] on ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' (1978–82), Marcel "Downtown" Brown on ''[[Simon & Simon]]'' (1983–87), Ray Campbell on ''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'' (1994–99) and William Barnett on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' (2004&ndash;06).<ref name=filmr/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&dq=tim+reid+december+1944&pg=PA1912 | title=Encyclopedia of Television | isbn=9781135194727 | last1=Newcomb | first1=Horace | date=February 3, 2014 | publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

Reid also starred in a CBS series, ''[[Frank's Place]]'', as a professor who inherits a Louisiana restaurant. Reid is the founder and president of Legacy Media Institute, a non-profit organization "dedicated to bringing together leading professionals in the film and television industry, outstanding actors, and young men and women who wish to pursue a career in the entertainment media".<ref>[http://www.legacymediainstitute.org/seminars-and-workshops/2010-summer-workshop-scheduled/ Legacy Media Institute.]</ref>